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Acquiring new and improved military equipments is a need no country can afford to ignore, especially in today’s times, when the threat of global terrorism has assumed such gigantic proportions. However, this expense adds to the burden on the economy. But being a necessity in terms of security of the nation, it can not be dispensed with. Moreover, sustainment of the equipments lead to further economic burden and unlike what most people believe, the cost of sustainment may at times, far outweigh the initial cost of procurement of the equipments. The military logistics department is therefore constantly looking for ways to cut down on such costs. In this regard, performance based logistics has been playing a very important role.

The use of performance based logistics or PBL started with the arrival of the new millennium. The idea was to improve the system performance as well as reduce the costs of sustainment at the same time. PBL is today one of the most important strategies of the defense industry. It has played a very vital role in extending the lifespan as well as the reliability of the defense systems.

As it is, Army logistics plays a very important role during actual fighting, disaster relief, as well as peace support operation. Army logistics personnel may also face problems related to transport, communications infrastructure breakdown, damage to some government machinery and various other unforeseen problems. Apart from that they may also find themselves in charge the presence of several injured or traumatized individuals. With added pressure from terror groups, need for rapid and effective changes in army logistics are constantly being felt.

Military logistics practices are going through enormous changes. In the recent times there is a gradual shift in focus towards life-cycle products support as well as acquisition reforms. With increased deployments, the need for newer and better PBL approaches are being felt constantly, as logisticians are constantly facing the challenge of reducing system downtime and improving the war-fighter support. This calls for human capital administration for improved PBL approaches, interactive military as well as industry round table discussion, alternative performance agreement, developing business case analysis, and an overall focus towards the entire system. In this regard military logistics conference plays a very vital role. These conferences are instrumental in addressing various aspects of logistics, such as analysis of risk management, the available resources and tools necessary for meeting PBL challenges, system readiness level, ways to reduce total ownership cost, contract duration, acquisitions logistics, Condition Based Maintenance, etc. Logistics conference can help in designing effective strategies, while addressing such issues.